US Patent Issued on Sept. 30 for "Flexible medical appliance and method for manufacturing such an appliance" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,043, issued on Sept. 30.

"Flexible medical appliance and method for manufacturing such an appliance" was invented by Stephane Paillet (Visan, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible medical appliance intended to be placed on a part of a patient's body and to match its shape comprises a rigid structure having a contour, as well as at least one deformable layer. The appliance further comprises a bonding fabric engaging at least one peripheral portion of the rigid structure extending along its contour, the rest of the bonding fabric forming an exposed portion for receiving the deformable layer. The rigid structure and the defo...